Monday, August 30, 2010

The Break-up

Totally about break-up and how a relationship floats farther and farther away. Good verbal fight scenes and good picturization of a couple's compromises but an average movie. Not a RomCom as marketed.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

This movie has 8.2 on the IMDB but I felt it was over-rated. It might have such a high rating perhaps because it is a true story. Movie is mainly on the chase when the hunter becomes the hunted. Nothing great about it though.
Rating: Average

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Boys

Tamil flick. Rahman music. Shankar direction. Genelia and Siddharth (the Bommarillu pair). Freshness but kinda dragged. Equal importance given to parents and youth but some unnecessary scenes. Good digital work with songs.
Rating: Average

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Brit. Very mediocre. A typical adolescent movie of gals having crush over guys and vice versa. Not worth it.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Honeymoon in Vegas

Story on similar lines as Indecent Proposal but this one's much funnier and lighter. Set in Vegas and Hawaii, the title is a misnomer. Its about what actually happens in Vegas prior to the wedding - and there is no real honeymoon depicted in the movie.

Knocked up

Damn funny. A one night stand leads to a hilarious comedy of coming-together of two totally opposite individuals. A perfect Friday-night movie for couples!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

One Fine Day

A RomCom. A very nice movie about two desperate divorcees-wanting-to-find-partners-but-dont-want-to-show-desperation!
Rating: Good

Black

Emotionally touching. Strong theme. Good acting by both Rani and Amitabh.
Rating: Good

Sunday, August 8, 2010

He's Just Not That Into You

A Romantic Comedy (RomCom). A story of 9 lives which get entangled and dis-entangled for the same reason: Romance! Beautiful direction, acting and dialog.
Rating: Good.

Aamir

Tight, gripping story line. Reminded me of a line I had read in a magazine almost a decade ago: "When the underworld approaches you, you cannot refuse."
Rating: Average.

A Mighty Heart

I had seen Daniel Pearl's assassination in a forwarded video in 2003 and it had shocked me. This movie gives insights into what Mrs Pearl went through during those traumatic days.
Rating: Must-see.

Luck By Chance

A good story about Bollywood-wannabes and how stardom affects their personal lives. But not much of a punch in the movie.
Rating: Average

The World is not enough

Pretty surprising that I hadn't watched this movie till date. Good action, as usual in any Bond movie but too complicated a story to follow. And of course, too much technology to understand.
Rating: Average.